SECTION SIGN

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The section sign (U+00A7), also called the section symbol, is a typographic mark used to denote numbered sections in legal, academic, and technical documents. Often paired with numbers or used in cross-references, it functions as a shorthand for "section" in citations and statutes. Its shape likely derives from a ligature of two capital S's, from the Latin *signum sectionis*. In typography, it serves as a structural counterpart to the pilcrow (¶) for paragraphs. Beyond prose, it appears in programming documentation, LaTeX as `\S`, and as a reference marker in interface design, where it signals segmented content or metadata. Rare in code itself, it remains a precise tool for signaling organization.

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